[SEMCO] Professional Development Opportunity- Oct 29 Exploration & Research at Deep Sea Vents

[Annette Brickley]

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The Ocean Explorium Ocean Academy and the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution announce a unique professional development opportunity: a
two-part workshop on

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm

Exploration and Research at Deep Sea Vents

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   Visit two partnering institutions in one day and learn about the most
   alien landscapes on Earth: hydrothermal vents of the deep sea!
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   Part 1: In the morning, visit the Ocean Explorium, see a special Science
   on a Sphere®* presentation and learn about how chemosynthesis can add to
   your curriculum.
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   Part 2: Travel to Woods Hole by bus, eat lunch, see the Visitor’s
   Center, go behind the scenes at one of the top oceanographic research
   institutions in the world, and tour the Deep Submergence Laboratory where
   engineers create vehicles and instruments for exploring the deep sea.

Your guides to this deep-sea world will be expert educators, research
scientists and engineers from the Ocean Explorium in New Bedford and the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole on Cape Cod.

The workshop will provide content and build understanding of Earth Science
topics adaptable across grade levels, 4-12. Topics covered will include
plate tectonics, hydrothermal vents and how they form, and the strange
animals that cluster around hydrothermal vents and live off chemical energy
in this sunless, cold, and (to us) poisonous environment.

Limited to the first 20 registrants. Participants will receive lunch and
round trip transportation between the Ocean Explorium and Woods Hole, as
well as certification of 6 PD contact hours. Schools will be reimbursed for
hiring substitute teachers for the day.

*The Science on a Sphere® is generously provided through a partnership with
UMass Dartmouth.

This opportunity is made possible by a grant from the National Science
Foundation.

NSF #1202977 to S. Beaulieu (WHOI) and A. Spargo (Ocean Explorium)

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To register, please complete the following registration form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HJCdPdvH9YR-4UXYgl_xdvcljLShS7NaznGEVAT3-Co/viewform?usp=send_form>
online.

If you have questions about registration or difficulty with the form,
contact Annette Brickley by e-mail: abrickley at oceanexplorium.org


Please provide an e-mail address as course documents, correspondence and
notices are all sent electronically.

Upon successful completion of this 6-hour program, participants will
receive a Certificate for 6 Professional Development hours from the Ocean
Explorium.


*If you need to cancel your registration, please notify us as soon as
possible so that another teacher will not miss this opportunity.

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Driving Instructions to the

Ocean Explorium

174 Union St.

New Bedford, MA

Union Square Building at the corner of Union and Purchase St.

>From Route 195 East or West:

Take Exit 15 (Route 18 South, Downtown New Bedford).  Travel approximately
1.5 miles to the second traffic light at Union Street. Take a right at the
light onto Union St. and proceed up the hill through the 1st traffic light.

At the 2nd traffic light, just past the Santander Bank Building on your
left, turn left onto Acushnet Avenue. Our building is on that corner.  You
will see a parking lot attached to our building, but this is reserved for
tenants only. There is also parking in the Zeiterion parking garage which
is on Acushnet Avenue, just past our building. The attendant leaves at
3:00, in which case you will not be charged for the day.  Please do not
park in the Santander Bank parking lot as this is designated for customers
only.

Enter the Ocean Explorium offices through the REAR entrance via the parking
lot. Enter the glass lobby doors and take the elevator or the stairs to the
first floor to the Ocean Explorium offices.  Please call the Ocean
Explorium at 508 994-5400 if you need any assistance finding the building
or entrance.


Annette Brickley
Ocean Explorium
508-994-5400 x.11
207-951-6273 mobile
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